Mold-Masters M2 - 5.5 How to Configure the Control Cards

SETUP
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5.5 How to Congure the Control Cards
The Setup Grid displays icons in the rst column to show what cards
have been detected.
Because none of the cards know their function, all temperature control
cards initially default to “Probe” zones along with the Probe default
values, as seen in the rst picture.
(Auxiliary cards such as Analogue Input, RTD Cards and other similar
will also default to values suggested in the table on the previous page
“Pre-congured Setup Values”.)
Although the tool may run on this basic setting it is best that you con-
gure any larger, slower zones such as manifolds etc.. Surplus zones
should also be set to “Not Used” this time (for instance, if you have six
cards offering 36 control zones, but only 32 actual zones, it is best to
set the last 4 zones to [
Not Used] so they do not display false alarms
such as T/C Fail).
Such conguration is detailed in the following steps.
1. Choose the rst zone to be re-congured.
2. Choose the last zone to be re-congured.
3. Choose [
Range] to include all those in between.
4. Choose [
Set] to see the “Congure Card Slot” menu.
5. Select Zone Type which could be:
• [
Not Used] to switch off unwanted card zones.
• [
Manifold] to set the zone to a slower response curve which
suits that sized heater.
• [
Spear] if the 4SMODC card is tted. This card has two twin-
channels that are designed to work as a twin Spear-Zone card
with one triac used for the body and the second used for the
tip.
• [
Monitor] to use any control zone from a 6MOD, or similar
card, as a monitor zone only with no control function.
• [
Special] if there are different cards that are not used for
temperature control, for instance:
RTD Zone - suits 12RTD (twelve channel) temperature mea-
suring cards for cooling water.